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I’ve had one of those! nice clean house, company coming, dinner roasting, kids being kids, husband keeps them out from under, but feeding them too many sweets, daughter pukes on beige carpet just before company arrives!

Ya you’re still not getting it…slice of life means that kids get into things sometimes. I guess you explain it by saying “American’s are trained…” Do you mean North Americans? Or People from the United States? Lynn and myself are Canadians. We let kids play with varnish (hope you get the sarcasm there)

1. (Off-point, but made me think of:) Once my dad managed to spill varnish all over the front of the fridge. Did he try to wipe it up or tell anyone about it so that it could be wiped up before it dried? Nope. Mom was really upset, but I understood exactly how he felt. (I wouldn’t have done that, though.)2. Not an excuse, but a reason: My youngest granddaughter , “Shiva the Destroyer,” had a breath-taking capacity for getting into things and wreaking havoc. She drew on the skills of her engineer forebears to construct ladders, and had a cat-burglar ability to climb pantry shelves. Maybe Ellie just can’t keep up with this kid, even though she takes normal precautions.

About For Better or For Worse

Since its debut in 1979, For Better or For Worse has touched comic strip readers as few cartoons ever do. Cartoonist Lynn Johnston’s eye for detail and her uncanny sense of what real parents and children struggle with daily are a big part of her success. The world has watched the Patterson family grow up in real time, and to many readers, the Pattersons feel like family!

Parents and children alike will relate to the obstacles that the Patterson family faces. Curfews, parent date nights, babysitting, pets and distractions are all hurdles that the Pattersons must overcome in order to enjoy each other as a family. They face the same obstacles that real life families do, which is what makes them so loveable.